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Barnes & Noble Promotes Jaime Carey to Chief Merchandising Officer
Press Release - May 12, 2008New York, New York - May 12, 2008 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced that Jaime Carey, who has served as Vice President of its Newsstand business, has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Merchandising Officer. In his new More
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS TO LAUNCH ONLINE SALES CATALOG
Press Release - May 12, 2008First Interactive Catalog For Booksellers and Librarians NEW YORK, NY (May12, 2008) – HarperCollins Publishers today announced the development of an interactive, electronic sales catalog, the most advanced catalog available from a major publisher. The catalog will offer booksellers an up-to-the minute online tool enabling them to order books. More
Quamut.com Now Features Video Tutorials and Widget Functions
Press Release - May 07, 2008New York, NY (May 7, 2008) - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, announced today that Quamut.com (www.quamut.com), its new how-to website, now offers free video content that brings the site’s collection of expert-driven, how-to guides known as “Quamuts” to life in an entertaining and interactive More
Quamut.com Launches the Quamut How-To Dream Sweepstakes
Press Release - May 07, 2008National Sweepstakes Offers a Chance to Achieve Your “How-To” Dream New York, NY (May 15, 2008) - Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, announced today that its how-to website Quamut.com (www.quamut.com) is launching the Quamut How-To Dream Sweepstakes, a national sweepstakes that will offer one lucky More
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NY Times Expands Bestseller Lists
Posted 8 months agoFrom Crains New York Business, via Shelf Awareness, comes a big story that did not get a mention anywhere else that I could find: The New York Times Book Review ... [Link]
Can’t Trust Anyone Over Twenty
Posted 8 months agoThe Guardian reports on a poll of 16-to-34-year-olds that found that Roald Dahl is the favorite children’s author among young adults. JK Rowling, the author of the immensely popular Harry ... [Link]
The Great Purge
Posted 8 months agoThere was a chilling article in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago. It seems that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has instructed its chaplains to clear prison ... [Link]
Paper Trail
Posted 8 months agoIn a case of art imitating life, a Polish court sentenced a writer to twenty-five years in prison for the gruesome murder and mutilation of the lover of his estranged ... [Link]
The Big Get Bigger
Posted 8 months agoAuthor Solutions, Inc. announced the acquisition of iUniverse, the Print-On-Demand publisher. iUniverse joins AuthorHouse as a member of the Author Solutions family of brands, forming the world’s largest author and ... [Link]
Libraries in the UK
Posted 8 months agoAt the mercy of municipal and state governments all too quick to cut their services to save a buck (and avoid raising taxes for homeowners), America’s public libraries lead a ... [Link]
Racial Divide
Posted 8 months agoThe racial aspects of the reading divide was only touched upon in passing, if at all, by those commenting on the AP-Ipsos poll of American reading habits. The poll found, ... [Link]
Can You Hear Me Now?
Posted 8 months agoLost in all the fallout from the release of the AP-Ipsos poll of American reading habits, was a YouGov poll in the UK that found that a plurality of Brits ... [Link]
On the Road Again
Posted 8 months agoAlan Feuer has found his muse. For the seventh time, Feuer, a reporter for the New York Times, has written an article on Laura Albert, the woman who achieved some ... [Link]
Harbingers of Upheaval
Posted 8 months agoOn more than one occasion, I’ve noted the growing popularity of vampires. A week and a half ago, I devoted a post to this trend. The question is not whether ... [Link]
Bestseller Ideas
In this week’s interview, Dean Rotbart and Michael Drew discuss the likelihood of a book idea becoming a publishing success. In their discussion, they reveal how to identify whether your idea is bestseller material. Do you really have a sure-fire idea for a bestseller? Hear what they have to say . . . .
The Lessons of Harry Potter: A Beneath the Cover Podcast
Michael R. Drew discusses what all authors - even those writing non-fiction - can learn from the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter Series. More

